Author: chris

Overview

Cultural exchanges in the work environment are complicated by their very nature. However, differences in race, ethnicity, class, gender, and religion can add to the complexity and further intensify even the most basic misunderstanding. In order for you to more fully comprehend this phenomenon, your first assignment (and the first of three for your course project) will begin in the context of the work place.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

Competency 1: Analyze the influence of culture on attitudes, values, perception, human behavior, and interpersonal relations.

Explain why an identified problem is relevant or important to fostering the understanding of diversity issues.

Competency 2: Analyze individual cultural competencies.

Identify individual cultural competencies.
Analyze one’s own cultural knowledge, awareness, sensitivity, and actions.

Competency 3: Analyze culturally and developmentally appropriate intervention strategies.

Describe the essential elements of a cultural conflict.

Competency 4: Apply theories, methods, and research in cross-cultural awareness.

Describe a project research question.

Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the human services profession.

Communicate in a professional manner, using concise, well organized, and grammatically correct writing that incorporates appropriate APA style and conventions.

This week, you submit your completed Scholar-Practitioner Project. Refer to the “Scholar-Practitioner Project (SPP) Guidelines” Document from your Learning Resources.

The project will consist of three elements:

Part 1A: Public Health Initiative Approval (Week 2)
Part 1B: Economic Analysis of the Initiative of Choice (Week 5)
Part 2: Financial Accounting Analysis (Week 9)
Part 3: Alternative Funding Sources (Week 11)
See below for additional details on what to include in Part 3.

Part 3: Alternative Funding Sources

For this part of your Scholar-Practitioner Project you will evaluate funding sources for the public health initiative you selected in Week 2. Then, you will submit a mock grant proposal for an appropriate grant to supplement or allow expansion of your selected public health initiative.

The proposal should include:

The public health initiative’s purpose, background, goals, and objectives
A description of the funding sources you selected and explanation of why you selected it over others
Eligibility and selection criteria for the funding source
An explanation of the funds needed and how the funds may be used
The adjusted total 5-year budget you completed in week 9 (include all instructor recommendations)

Globalization of Crime Research Paper

Deliverable Length: 10 pages

Select a contemporary topic in globalization of crime
Utilizing the journal article plus three other sources, write a ten (10) page, APA formatted research paper. Your topic needs to be approved by the instructor.

The cover and reference pages do NOT count toward the ten (10) page assignment
Include a cover page, and reference page
An abstract is NOT required in this paper
Begin the paper with an introduction to the issue
Assess the intended and unintended consequences of criminal justice policies in response to your topic. What impact does your issue have on organizational management?

You are the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at your organization. As the CHRO, one of your primary roles is to be the workforce strategist. Your organization is planning to expand business operations to your neighboring state by opening an office. As a result of this expansion, your organization needs to make sure that the best and brightest employees are recruited to fill key roles at the new office. Write a 7 page research paper using APA style outlining the steps involved in recruiting the staff at the new office.

Pre Lab Questions:

1. What is the product of transcription?

2. What is the region of DNA called where transcription begins?

3. What is the product of translation?

4. In your own words define each of the following: Silent mutation

Missense mutation Nonsense mutation Frame shift mutation

5. Where in the cell does translation take place?
Click on the link below to access the online lab.

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/pages/DNA_And_Genes.html

Download and print the instructions for reference as you work through the lab. As you work through the lab fill in the table below. Use this information to answer the questions that follow contained in this document.

First read through the mutation guide. Once you close the guide you will see the buttons to begin the simulation. Note, you will be translating the mRNA strand into a protein.
As you work through each of the mutations fill in the charts below. You must complete 4 mutations for this lab activity. It’s good practice working with the codon table .

– Aris labs calls the codon table the ‘Genetic Code Chart’. Use the amino acid abbreviation for the protein sequence. For example the amino acid proline is abbreviated as pro.

You have to fill in all the letters AND the resulting amino acid sequence by dragging and dropping before you click the [check] button. Abrieviate STOP as either STP or END.

For each of the three mutations you will complete, fill in the table in this lab document with the original mRNA and amino acid sequence and the mRNA sequence and the resulting amino acid sequence RESULTING FROM the mutation as outlined in the mutation rule.

The various mutations represent missense, nonsense, silent and frame shift mutations. You must complete one of each. The lab will not necessarily present the mutations in this order. You must do the mutation and identify which type it is and make sure you do one of each.

6. Frame Shift Mutation example:
Provide the mutation rule you are following.

You are the vice president of a human resources department and Susan has been your executive assistant for one (1) year. She effectively completes her given assignments, sometimes ahead of schedule. Susan has a welcoming personality and is commended on her willingness to help when asked. As a result of her efficiency, Susan often has spare time on her hands.

In several conversations, you have spoken with Susan about taking a proactive stance and involving herself in the business to increase her knowledge base. You have suggested she attend strategic planning meetings, shadow other Business Partners, and take professional development courses geared towards human resources. Susan has not incorporated any of these suggestions.

The organization promotes and encourages employee development and has a requirement of 24 professional development (PD) hours for each employee per annual review cycle. As VP of the department, you have offered to mentor Susan; yet she has not taken advantage of the offer. Given Susan’s capabilities and potential, you want to mutually establish future performance goals and developmental opportunities to enhance her effectiveness and maximize her organizational contributions.

Susan’s professional appearance and interaction with co-workers is superb. When asked to complete a task, she fulfills the assignment willingly and with very few errors. She is well liked and respected by her peers. She has impeccable oral and written communication skills. Overall, you are pleased with her performance but want to see Susan take initiative to seek out tasks to complete rather than waiting to be told what to do.

As the VP of HR, you have been tasked with a two part assignment. In part one of this assignment you will explain the importance of performance appraisals, analyze the essential elements which should be included and describe how performance appraisals can be used to promote employee growth. In part two of this assignment you will create a performance appraisal for Susan.

Your paper should be 8-10 pages in length incorporating both parts I and II. You can either design a performance appraisal document or use an existing template. The performance appraisal should be no more than 3 pages of the total page count for the assignment. Be sure your paper addresses all of the following components:

Part I: Importance of Performance Appraisals:

Explain how performance appraisals can be used as part of employee development.
Explain why rankings are given to employees and the advantages and disadvantages of including rankings.
Address why organizations should deliver appraisals in a timely manner to employees.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of three different types of performance appraisals. Make a recommendation of which type of performance appraisal is most appropriate for Susan.
Provide suggestions on how the manager can give feedback on a continual basis to the employee to encourage continual development.

Supporting argument in a debate for cognitive behavior therapy for personality disorders

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Describe what hacking of memory or hacking of RAM means.
Examine the common tools that hackers use to hack into memory of computing devices. Detail two (2) real-life examples of such tools in action.
Identify three (3) best practices that one should use to protect their computer(s) from being hacked.
Analyze the significance of hacking in organizations and modern society.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Demonstrate why adaptability and interpersonal skills are important to an information technology professional.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in security management.
Write clearly and concisely about the theories of security management using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Conflict resolution is a necessary skill for any manager or leader. In this assignment, you will examine the difference between conflict and competition. You will also explore ways of determining when conflict resolution is necessary and explain ways to resolve conflict.

Research the role of conflict and competition using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Select two resources for use in this assignment. Reflect on your experiences with conflict. If you have no business related experiences with conflict, apply your personal experiences to a common workplace situation.

Review the following video:

Ury W. (2010, October). The walk from “no” to “yes” [Video File]. TED Conferences, LLC. Retrieved from

Using the selected resources and examples from your experiences respond to the following:

Explain the difference between conflict and competition.
Describe a situation where competition is healthy. How does that relate to a business environment?
Describe a situation where competition could lead to conflict and might not be healthy.
What methods could you use to resolve the conflict?
What leadership techniques would you use to resolve a conflict?
In resolving conflict, use an example to describe a “best case” scenario.

Ethics and Pricing

People feel better when they think they are getting a great bargain when they shop. Knowing this, some retailer’s markup items above the traditional retail price and then offer a 60 percent discount. If they had simply discounted the normal retail price by 20 percent, the resulting “sale price” would have been the same. One retailer says that he is just making shoppers happy that they got a great deal when he inflates the retail price before discounting.

Significantly marking up prices in order to offer “deep discounts” is not an unethical pricing practice per se, but it may be considered misleading advertising. The retailer is not really reducing its profits as a result of offering the sale price, even though a 60 percent discount implies a financial sacrifice on the part of the retailer for the benefit of the customer.

The situation described above could, perhaps, be considered a sales promotion that uses deception or manipulation.

As a consumer think of a place you like to shop at because of the so-called great bargains, coupons, cash back and or discounts they offer.
From your shopping experience explain in three to four paragraphs if the discounts you received on your purchase you feel was a bargain deal or do you feel you overpaid.
Did you believe the retailer is sacrificing revenue for you the consumers’ benefit?
Why or Why not?
Do you find their sales practices to be ethical and beneficial to the consumer or perhaps unethical and misleading?